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Old 09-23-2015, 10:47 AM
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I have a 2014 stx screw. On the dash there is two displays. One displays the normal park reverse neutral drive manual 2 1. The one above that displays the actual drive gear you are currently in 1-6. Both light up white then light up the current position red. I installed the sct tuner and the 1-6 drive gear display disappeared. No big deal. I would see it when it would be in manual only. The other day I was taking off in "D" and I decided to hit the "+" as if I were up shifting manually. Then the display light up 1. Then I hit the up shift again and the display lit up 2 but the 1 was still red. So I went through all the way to 6 gear and they all lit up. And the red indicator proceeded to switch when the gear changed in the transmission. I hit the + again and the display disappeared again. So I hit + to illuminate the gear positions. This time I left it on the 2 because I had to go since the light turned green. The truck shifted to second and lit it up red as normal. But then would not shift to third. So I hit + and it shifted to third. I slowed down for another traffic light and the selector illuminated the proper gear as it downshifted. This is strange to me. It seems that when the truck is in"D" I can use the manual shift to adjust the top gear? Is this normal orrrr?? Can someone try on their stock truck and let me know? Thanks!
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What you are doing, is choosing the highest gear the trans will shift into (while in D). it will only use the gears that are lit up.

i leave mine (all 6) lit up all the time, and "cut out" a gear or two if i'm towing up a hill, or just want that little extra "umph".

i feel the "full manual" mode is cumbersome, so this is my happy medium
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Yes completly normal. many people dont about that feature
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Yea I had no idea about that feature. Thanks guys!
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Skoty422 - Yea I had no idea about that feature.
Ya, it's in the owner's manual though obtuse and cleverly disguised as your ... SelectShift Automatic™ transmission (SST) and its PRS (Progressive Range Selection).

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this forum is awesome. What Stoky422 described is exactly what happened to me only I accidentally bumped the "+" on the shift level. Now I know !!! Thanks so much.
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My 1-6 display disappeared after installing a 5star SCT as well, any way to turn that back on?
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Originally Posted by cscott900
My 1-6 display disappeared after installing a 5star SCT as well, any way to turn that back on?
Push the plus sign on your gear selector.
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